1. If you had only 10 days left to live, would you say sorry to everyone you had hurt and offended? Give your reason(s) why you would or would not say sorry. Extension task: If someone had hurt YOU, would YOU forgive THEM? Why?

2. Last lesson we learnt about….?
The Ten commandments.
Let’s remind ourselves what they are.
Now that we understand the rules God gave the Jewish people we need to know what happens when they are broken!

3. Yom Kippur

4. Today your learning aims are:
AT1 - To know what Yom Kippur is.
AT2 - To understand the importance of forgiveness in your own lives.

5. By the end of the lesson:
All of you will be able to explain what Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are and what happens during these days.
Most of you will be able to show that you understand the importance of Yom Kippur for Jewish people.
Some of you will be able to explain how forgiveness is a part of life and how important it is.

6. Your Key words for today are:
Atonement.
Asking God for forgiveness
Shofar.
Shofar is the horn that is blown in some Jewish festivals.
Repentance
To show that you are sorry
for something bad that you have
done.
Extension task: What do you think is the difference between atonement and simply just saying you are sorry?

7. What is Yom Kippur? Yom Kippur is ‘The day of Atonement’
Rosh Hashanah
Day 1
Day 10
10 days to say sorry

8. Forgiveness
Working in fours, discuss amongst yourselves the following:
What would you be prepared to do or give up for a whole day to show that you are sorry for doing something wrong? How would it show that you are sorry?
Why is forgiveness so important to
you?

9. To understand the importance of forgiveness in your own lives.
Lesson aim 2 was:
To understand the importance of forgiveness in your own lives.

10. Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur
Rosh Hashanah is the day of the new year. Jewish people believe that God writes who has been good and bad that year in a special ‘book’.
On Yom Kippur which is 10 days AFTER Rosh Hashanah, God SEALS the book and His decision becomes final.
There are ten days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. These are the Ten Days of Repentance. During these ten days Jews ask for forgiveness From other people and God for the bad things they have done, so that they can have good things written for them in the coming year.

11. What day is important to YOU? How do YOU spend YOUR time that day?
Why?
How do YOU spend YOUR time that day?

12. What happens on Yom Kippur
What happens on Yom Kippur? The special day is marked by Jews in several ways: * They abstain (stay away from) from food and drink for 24 hours * They do not wear perfume * They don't have any sexual activity * They don't wash * They don't wear leather shoes In the synagogue The most important part of Yom Kippur is the time spent in the synagogue. Even Jews who are not particularly religious will want to attend synagogue on Yom Kippur, the only day of the year with five services.

13. Timeline Day 1: Rosh Hashanah begins
Afternoon - The shofar (special horn) is sounded.
Evening - Feast.
Day 2-8:
A time to ask for forgiveness
from God and from people,
and praying to God.
Money is given to charity.
Day 9:
Yom Kippur Eve
Before sunset - Ritual bath (Mikveh) and feast
Sunset - The fast begins and lasts 24 Hours.
Prayers.
Day 10
Yom Kippur
5 special prayers at the synagogue: including one symbolizing the locking of the doors to heaven. Jews believe the book of deeds is now finished and closed. The fast ends with the blowing of the shofar:

14. To know what Yom Kippur is.
Lesson aim 1 was :
To know what Yom Kippur is.
Let’s test ourselves!
2 activities.
Cards and worksheet.

15. Activity Use the cards and timeline.
Put the activity in the correct place on your time line.
you have 2 minutes to do this activity.

16. What have you learnt today?
The lesson aims were:
Know what Yom Kippur is.
Understand the importance of
forgiveness in your own lives.
Have we achieved this today? Open you planners on Red/Green/ Yellow and show what you understood today.
1) What is Yom Kippur? Why is it important to Jews?
2) Explain why forgiveness is important in YOUR life.

17. Orthodox and Reform Jews.
Next lesson we will be learning about the different types of Jewish people.
Orthodox and Reform Jews.

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